But as a percentage it should be the same. If the cultures are the same. Which they are not.
Who would you want as a neighbor during a disaster? a person from NO, or a person from ND?
I wonder how many folks in NOLA were on welfare pre-hurricane? What percentage? My guess is that the percent of NOLA folks on welfare is around one tenth of those in ND.
That's why ND takes care of their own, while NOLA folks loot.
If you would go back and reread the article it is discussing homeowners who are in limbo, not the welfare leeches. They have already moved on and are getting all the benefits and more than they were receiving before. The homeowners are stuck because they have a mortgage, jobs, insurance that is slow to pay and when they do it's usually not enough to cover the repairs. They can't start rebuilding because the new elevation requirements have not been disclosed.
I have had the experience of living in the midwest and the south, NOLA included and hands down to be honest I will take the southerners any day of the week. They do help out their neighbors. Except for the bums you saw on tv the majority of people from the GNO area are the most friendly and helpful you could ask for.
Again the sheer numbers of those who were trapped overwhelmed the available resources. It was not that way in Southwest Louisiana with Hurricane Rita. I know because I live in Lake Charles. I see how our neighbors are helping each other out. It's like that all the time too.